Wealdstone boss Gordon Bartlett felt his side's 2-1 home defeat by Concord Rangers in their second National League South fixture typified a pre-season which has been a long way from ideal.

Saturday's season-opener at Bath City ended in a 2-1 defeat, with a makeshift Stones side kicking off late following traffic on the motorway. With rather better preparations on Wealdstone lost 2-1 at home to Concord Rangers on Monday evening in their first home game of the campaign.

But Bartlett was not disheartened by the loss against the Beachboys, despite admitting his frustration at the two poor goals he saw his team concede.

Bartlett said: "I have got to say I think that is two games running where I don't think we have got what we deserved and that is very frustrating and possibly sums up our pre-season; if something is going to go wrong we seem to be able to find it at the moment.

"It is no good feeling sorry for yourself, you have to learn from these things. I thought they went in front against the run of play but we equalised at the perfect time. To concede a minute into the second half put us on right on the back foot when we should have been on the front foot."

The veteran boss added: "We hit the woodwork three times. But you can list what you like; the bottom line is we have lost the game."

Wealdstone levelled seconds before half-time when Elliot Godfrey applied the finishing touch to a well-worked team move which started out on the left-hand side following a good stop from Jonathan North.

The Stones had fallen behind when Max Cornhill crashed a header beyond North at the near post and re-took the lead within a minute of the second half getting underway when Ben Greenhalgh whipped in a fortuitous cross-cum-shot.

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Asked if he could at least take solace in the performances of his side in contrast to those at the same stage last year, Bartlett replied: "I think there was naivety last year. We drew the first two games last year but we have lost the first two games this year.

"I think there were positives at the beginning of last year and we knew there was a learning curve in front of us. Today we have gone in again with a lot of our senior players unavailable but it is the little things which make the difference.

"Before the second goal we had possession and our reaction when we lost position contributed to them scoring and those are the little things the lads have got to learn. We are playing at a better level and that naivety can only change with more experience."

You can read the match report from Monday's defeat by clicking here.